DCA, Future Expansion
Topic: Triton Carousel rennovation?

#	Author	Message
31	TP2000 Mon 9/17/2007 3:50p	>>"Well, maybe you should consider inflation adjusted expenditures at DL for its first five years between 1955 and 1960."<< According to the inflation calculator, what costs 300 Million in 2006 dollars would have cost 42 Million in 1957 dollars. Considering that the massive 1959 expansion only cost 7 Million in 1950's dollars and saw the addition of three major attractions - the Monorail, the Matterhorn and the Submarines - I'm betting the capital expenditures for Disneyland from 1955 to 1960 were less than 15 Million dollars. 15 Million dollars in 1957 would be 107 Million in 2006 dollars. But then that's a very hard thing to try and equate, as much has changed with the way you spend money on construction since 1957. You really can't compare the costs of building custom construction projects in the 1950's to the cost of doing such a thing in the 21st century. But if you were to try such a comparison, it appears Walt spent dramatically less money expanding Disneyland in the 1950's than they have spent on expanding DCA in the 2000's.
32	jaybee Mon 9/17/2007 4:02p	I'm more interested in seeing Nemo88's question get answered than another thread derailed to the DCA debate. Nobody has come up with a new argument in years anyway.
33	Britain Mon 9/17/2007 4:05p	Here here! I too was wondering about Triton's Carousel. Should it possibly be moved closer to the forth coming Little Mermaid ride? (Gasp! In all these debates we've had about the appropriateness/inappropriateness of having a Little Mermaid ride in the Pier, we've forgotten that there ALREADY was a one!)
34	Britain Mon 9/17/2007 4:06p	"was one." I-ah know, it-ah sounded italian.
35	jonvn Mon 9/17/2007 5:27p	"Don't know where you are going with that really." When someone mentions a certain webmaster in nearly every post, it gets to be quite noticeable. "is there something you'd like to share with us regarding why Disney would need to create a 1.2 Billion Dollar budget " This has already been discussed, repeatedly. I'm sorry Al himself didn't repeat it for you so you can assimilate the information. "Some folks like jonvn feel DCA is just going through normal expansion after six years of operation." It's going through expansion. It's a large expansion, and they are doing it because they think THEY CAN GET THEIR MONEY BACK ON THE INVESTMENT. And they think this because the expansion in 2001 turned out to be a very big success. This is how they base financial decisions on, not whether or not you think the cotton candy is just the right shade of blue. "Again, two different parks with two different objectives. " This does not penetrate, you know. "Aladdin opened at DCA on January 16, 2003. It has been playing for almost FIVE YEARS, with no hint at a replacement anytime soon. " Is it still popular?
36	rocket jet Mon 9/17/2007 5:28p	Yes, the carousel should be moved to where the Little Mermaid ride will be. In fact, I would prefer if they integrated the carousel into the exit to the ride, instead of having Palace of Fine Arts be the exit.
37	jonvn Mon 9/17/2007 5:37p	"we've forgotten that there ALREADY was a one!" Well, like I said in another post, King Triton is not just a Little Mermaid character. He's a mythological character, the son of Poseidon. There is little tying the movie to the ride. It's like Slue Foot Sue's Golden Horseshoe. She was a person of legend before Disney used the character in a cartoon. http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/T riton.html The carousel has nothing to do with the movie, near as I remember. It does have Disney's version of King Triton appearing on the sign. What else is on this ride that has to do with the film? I always thought that they should have put the carousel where the orange stinger is, and made it a double or triple decker, too.
38	Hans Reinhardt Mon 9/17/2007 6:08p	"Which is exactly why I would consider Steps In Time 2 and Blast as part of the capital investment in DCA." That's nice, but what is the viewpoint of Disney management? After all, that's what is really important, not what you or I think. Of course this only serves to highlight exactly why these kinds of speculative discussions are just plain silly.
39	Hans Reinhardt Mon 9/17/2007 6:11p	"I always thought that they should have put the carousel where the orange stinger is, and made it a double or triple decker, too." Ooooh, that's a good idea!
40	jonvn Mon 9/17/2007 6:11p	Yeah, well, they didn't hire me to build the place, did they.

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